Background
Wijeysundera, Nihal Ekanayake was born on July 14, 1943 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Arrived in Singapore, 1980. Son of Tikiri Banada and Manike (Ekanayake) Wijeysundera.
engineering educator industrial consultant
Wijeysundera, Nihal Ekanayake was born on July 14, 1943 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Arrived in Singapore, 1980. Son of Tikiri Banada and Manike (Ekanayake) Wijeysundera.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1967. Master of Science, University Birmingham, England, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Birmingham, England, 1972.
Assistant lecturer, U. Ceylon, Peradeniya, 1967-1972;
lecturer, U. Ceylon, Peradeniya, 1972-1976;
senior lecturer, U. Ceylon, Peradeniya, 1976-1978;
assistant professor mechanic engineering, Drexel U., 1978-1980;
senior lecturer, National U. Singapore, 1980-1986;
coordinator postgraduate program, mechanic engineering department, National U. Singapore, since 1984;
associate professor, National U. Singapore, since 1986. Industrial consultant thermal engineering, since 1980. Principal investigator funded projects, since 1980.
External moderator for examinations U. Sri Lanka, Institute Engineers Sri Lanka, since 1980. Reviewer research proposal National Science Foundation, United States of America, 1990.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (board directors Singapore chapter since 1991, county member since 1991), International Solar Energy Society, Institute Engineers Singapore (secretary mechanic andelect. technical committee 1987-1988).
Married Kamani Chrisanthi Kobbekaduwa, June 8, 1972. Children: Duminda Nalaka, Harindra Channa.